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Northwestern provides lecture capture services for University schools, departments, and business units provide users with the ability to record and archive lecture videos for live or on-demand viewing from a web browser.
Zoom is available to anyone with a valid Northwestern NetID, and its use is intended for the purpose of conducting University-related activities. To get an account and begin using it immediately, visit the Zoom login page, sign in with your NetID and password, and authenticate using Duo MFA. An account is provisioned automatically upon first login.
Northwestern offers 1Password, a secure password manager that helps you store, manage, and share passwords, passkeys, and other sensitive information.
SharePoint is an online content and document management tool available for students, faculty, and staff to create web sites and manage file libraries.
NUworkspace offers users a virtual Windows desktop service that provides access to a suite of many software applications to faculty, students, and staff, including access to software packages that may not be readily available on their desktop/laptop computers.
NetID services take information from the HR or student system and create unified Northwestern credentials (NetIDs) that are then connected with information about each individual. NetIDs are then used as the primary way for people to interact with IT services. Other types of NetIDs can be created as well for specific people, organizations, or IT system purposes.
RDSS provides secure on-premise data storage for researchers.
Quest, Quest Analytics Nodes, Kellogg Linux Cluster (KLC), and Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC).
NUFinancials is the centerpiece of the University’s financial management systems. It supports the accounting and budgeting functions that feed the University’s general ledger, and works with related reporting, facilities management, purchasing, sponsored research, financial forecasting, and annual budgeting systems.
Northwestern provides three wireless networks to access the Internet. Each network is unique to University affiliation and device type.
The Northwestern Public Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows users with Northwestern NetIDs to access University network resources as if they were directly connected to the Northwestern network.Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes a "secure tunnel" for your computer on the Northwestern network. It provides strong encryption, enables authenticated access to the Northwestern network from external and untrusted environments, and proxies your network traffic so it appears to originate from within the Northwestern network.
Regular data backups reduce the risk of permanent data loss that can occur for many reasons including hardware failure, power failure, and virus attacks. In continuing its commitment to the protection of mission critical data at the University, Northwestern IT is participating with University schools and departments to provide a secure hosted data backup solution for workstation machines.
The Business Intelligence (BI) System (also known as Cognos), provides Northwestern with accessible and comprehensive reporting and analytics solutions for University schools and business units.
Northwestern University's agreement with Microsoft offers Microsoft Office software, core client access licenses, and operating system upgrades for University-owned computers
Northwestern University's agreement with Adobe offers the full Adobe Creative Cloud software suite for use by eligible faculty and staff.
Students, Researchers, and Faculty who have active netID can obtain access to the MATLAB by signing into the Northwestern MATLAB Portal.
Northwestern’s learning management system, Canvas, allows Northwestern instructors to deliver course materials, manage grades, and create learning activities and allows students to submit assignments and tests and view grades.
CrowdStrike Falcon is Northwestern's licensed software application for protecting Northwestern-owned and managed machines and devices against viruses and other malware. For personally owned devices and machines not managed by the University, it is critical that students, faculty, and staff members install antivirus software, update virus definitions, and run virus scans daily.
Northwestern has agreements with Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft Azure, to provide discounted cloud hosting options for Northwestern faculty and staff.
ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps, geographic information and data. It is used for creating and using maps; compiling and working with geospatial information; analyzing mapped information; sharing, discovering and using maps and geographic information in a range of applications; and managing geographic information in a database.
Bookings with me in Outlook is a web-based personal scheduling page that integrates with the free/busy information from your Outlook calendar.
In partnership with Smartsheet, Inc., Northwestern provides a cloud-based project management tool and business workflow tool.
The Information Security Policy Exception form for requesting an exception to a related Policy or Standard.